April 26-28 Alabama Tornado Outbreak Damage Image Gallery

Dr. Jane Lubchenco visited the National Weather Service's Birmingham Weather Forecast Office in Calera, Alabama, to thank the team for their outstanding around-the-clock work, including communicating the severity of the forecast to local emergency managers days in advance of the tornado outbreak. Credit: NOAA.

Dr. Jane Lubchenco visited the National Weather Service's Birmingham Weather Forecast Office in Calera, Alabama, to thank the team for their outstanding around-the-clock work, including communicating the severity of the forecast to local emergency managers days in advance of the tornado outbreak. Credit: NOAA.

Dr. Jane Lubchenco visited the National Weather Service's Birmingham Weather Forecast Office in Calera, Alabama, to thank the team for their outstanding around-the-clock work, including communicating the severity of the forecast to local emergency managers days in advance of the tornado outbreak. Credit: NOAA.

Jim LaDue and Kevin Scharfenberg communicate with NOAA colleagues at the Birmingham Weather Forecast Office by phone about the damage they have surveyed. Their on-the-ground reports, combined with information from aerial reconnaissance, determined that the tornado that affected this location was an EF4. Credit: NOAA.